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Dairy Revenue ProtecƟon enrollment begins Oct. 9 Program works alongside other assistance packages By Jennifer Coyne jenn@dairystar.com
For the rst time in the history of the industry, dairy farmers will have the opportunity to purchase commodity insurance for their milk. Enrollment for the Dairy Revenue Protection begins Oct. 9. “Dairy farmers need as many tools in their toolbox as possible, and we believe we’re providing another useful one,” John Newton said. Newton is the chief economist for the American Farm Bureau Federation. Prior to the passing of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, there was a $20 million per scal year capacity to support livestock insurance plans under the Federal Crop Insurance Act. In removing the monetary Turn to DRP | Page 5
September 22, 2018
“It’s denitely hard knowing you’re going into a losing battle, but I knew what I was facing.” – Mitchell Mehrwerth
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SAUK RAPIDS, Minn. – As Mitchell Mehrwerth lls the holding pen with dairy cattle and prepares for evening milking, he is humbled by the work he does. “I’ve always wanted to do something bigger than myself,” Mehrwerth said. “I like helping people and being able to help feed the world.” Mehrwerth, 25, milks 55 cows on a rented farm site in Benton County near Sauk Rapids, Minn. The herd consists of primarily Holsteins, along with a few Jerseys and Holstein-Brown Swiss crossbreds. Dairy farming is a career Mehrwerth envisioned for himself many years ago. “I met a girl in ninth grade whose parents dairy farmed,” Mehrwerth said. “I spent a lot of my time helping on her farm, and that’s when dairying really Turn to MEHRWERTH | Page 6
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Mitchell Mehrwerth milks 55 cows on a rented farm site in Benton County near Sauk Rapids, Minn. The 25-year-old began dairy farming in March 2017.
Miller advocates for blood donations National shortage prompts need for donors By Danna Sabolik
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The Millers – (from leŌ) Melendy, Stacy, Julie, Mika and Markus – dairy farm near Plainview, Minn. Stacy Miller has donated blood since he was in his 20s, and encourages his family to do the same.
PLAINVIEW, Minn. – Routine is a part of Stacy Miller’s life, whether that is in the barn, with his family or in his community. Aside from dairy farming, Miller is also a regular blood donor. “It was a suggestion from my dad,” Miller said. “In high school, we did blood typing, and I found out that my blood type was a rare one so my dad suggested that I donate.”
Miller milks 80 cows with his wife, Julie, daughters, Melendy, 20, and Mika, 18, and son, Markus, 18, near Plainview, Minn. The dairy farmer began donating in his early 20s and continues donating yet today. It’s not always an easy thing to do,” Miller said. “The farming has to come rst.” Miller has reminders set Turn to DONATE | Page 7
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From the editorial team See you at Expo!
In just a few weeks the dairy industry will be meeting in Madison, Wis., to celebrate the 52nd World Dairy Expo Oct. 2-6. Every year, Dairy Star staff looks forward to this event. Not only is it a chance to watch elite cattle grace the colored shavings, learn about the latest technologies in the trade show, and hear about farming practices from across the United States in the virtual farm tours, World Dairy Expo is an opportunity for us to connect with you, our readers. We’ve always left the show with an immense amount of story ideas about up-and-coming dairy farmers, those who have upgraded their farm facilities, those who have welcomed another generation to the business, and others who have a unique story to tell. We’ve also used this time to reconnect with people we’ve had in the paper throughout our time in the industry. It’s always a joy to hear about how they’re doing now. This year, our booth is located in the Coliseum on the Main Concourse, No. 33. Whether you’re at World Dairy Expo for only one day or all week, please stop by. Introduce yourself, share with us what is happening in your neck of the woods, and let us know how we can continue improving the paper to meet your needs as dairy farmers. Also, while you’re at our booth, sign up for our weekly e-newsletter, The Milk Break, and be entered into a drawing for a t-shirt. We look forward to seeing you in October! – The Dairy Star Editorial Team
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ConƟnued from DRP | Page 1 limitation, the American Farm Bureau Insurance Services and American Farm Bureau Federation, along with university collaborators, developed Dairy RP, which focuses solely on the revenue from milk sales. “We’re entering uncharted territory and that’s very exciting,” Newton said. “For the rst time, dairy has the full backing of the crop insurance community.” The insurance is designed to protect against unexpected declines from milk sales in quarterly revenue increments relative to a farmer’s elected coverage level. Much like crop revenue protection
For more information:
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coverage; 55 percent for 75 and 80 percent coverage; 49 percent for 85 percent coverage; and 44 percent for 90 and 95 percent coverage. “This is not a program that requires enrollment for an entire year,” Newton said. “[Farmers] can purchase insurance daily based on what they’re seeing in the markets and how they might benet.” Premiums for enrollment will be due at the end of the coverage period. Dairy RP was developed to ll a gap in risk coverage as all other options were margin-based. “We looked at the gaps in other programs and reviewed what worked and what didn’t,” Newton said. “All that is available is for margin protection and we know many dairy farmers needed additional risk management options.” The program was built from a clean slate. By providing an insurance package that simply looks at milk price based on quarterly values, Dairy RP will begin to address the issue of milk price volatility, said Newton. “This program is actuarially appropriate for the industry,” he said. “With premiums and coverage changing daily, producers should be indemnied quickly in the event of a loss.” While Dairy RP is a new program for the industry, it is modeled after crop revenue protection programs where nearly 90 percent of all corn, soybean and wheat acres in the United States are insured. “We replicated the success we’ve had from crop insurance, a revenuebased policy,” Newton said. “Historically, it’s been a successful, valuable tool for farmers. We expect this to be a sound program from the government.” Dairy farmers may elect for Dairy RP in addition to other government assistance programs, such as Margin Protection Program for Dairy in whichever form that may look like in the farm bill. Like other commodity insurance programs, there is no guarantee of an indemnity payment, and the dairy program does not address cooperative fees, such as balancing costs or higher hauling charges. “If prices are good, then payments won’t be issued, which is a good thing,” Newton said. “But, if you can’t be profitable at that time, then this won’t help either. Folks need to take a hard look at what will work best for them and their dairy.” The commodity insurance will be available for purchase through authorized crop insurance agents.
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Mitchell Mehrwerth hooks up the milking units as he prepares for evening milking Sept. 12 at his dairy farm site near Sauk Rapids, Minn. grew on me. By the time I was a junior in high school, I knew I liked working with cows and wanted to dairy farm.” Every day begins at 4:30 a.m. for the young farmer as he arrives at the dairy and prepares the double-4 step-up parlor for milking. Throughout the morning, Mehrwerth will shufe between the parlor and other on-farm facilities, cleaning pens and feeding youngstock, dry cows and the milking herd. He also must haul manure each day. “I get plenty of help from family and neighbors, but I do dairy all by myself,” Mehrwerth said. “While I try to stick to a schedule, the afternoons usually just depend on what’s happening that day.” By late afternoon, Mehrwerth mixes two batches of feed for the milking herd, one to be fed in the evening and another for the following morning. Mehrwerth’s rst day as a dairy farmer was March 27, 2017. However, it was an occupation long in the making. After high school graduation, Mehrwerth pursued a degree in agriculture business with a dairy emphasis from Ridgewater College in Willmar, Minn. Then, from 2013-16, he worked in the industry with a genetics company and then on two nearby dairy farms. “This farm was rst available for rent in 2012, but I was still in school and not ready to do it on my own,” Mehrwerth said. “Then, it became available again in 2016 and [the owner and I] both contacted each other at the same time.” Knowing the state of the industry, Mehrwerth was hesitant to pursue a ca-
reer in dairy farming, but after speaking with area farmers he felt it was the right decision for him. “It’s denitely hard knowing you’re going into a losing battle, but I knew what I was facing,” Mehrwerth said. “I looked at it as an opportunity because my overhead would be limited, my largest expense being rent.” As a young hopeful with no family dairy to come back to or much equity to show, it was not an easy process for Mehrwerth to show his worth to lenders. “Starting from nothing is really hard,” he said. “The biggest challenge I had was nding a bank and someone to back me.” It was not long before Mehrwerth had a contract developed between himself and former dairy farmer Cheryl Scapanski to rent the facilities and surrounding 30 acres. Mehrwerth also established a rental agreement for ve additional acres from his dad, Rick, and solidied a milk contract with Gilman Co-op Creamery in Gilman, Minn. Throughout the years, Mehrwerth purchased calves from registered Holstein sales. He also had two milking cows, which he housed at different farm sites. Purchased cows from area farmers and housing four of the Scapanski family’s cows, as well as a dozen registered Jerseys and Holsteins from the late Larry Popp established the remainder of Mehrwerth’s herd. Turn to MEHRWERTH | Page 7
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ConƟnued from MEHRWERTH | Page 6 In the months leading up to Mehrwerth using the rented facilities, he and Scapanski made improvements to the 58-stall freestall barn, parlor and milkhouse. “The added bonus of this property was that it came with a freestall and parlor, but it came with work,” Mehrwerth said. “We put in new headlocks and replaced gates and poured concrete around the parlor and milkhouse and put in all new sand in the freestall barn. There was a lot of cleaning to get this how I wanted.” Additionally, the Scapanski family had to close the manure pit, add lter strips and correct drainage for clean water to meet U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the local soil and water district regulations. When the time came for Mehrwerth to start milking, it was not an easy task. Nearly two-thirds of his herd was not familiar with step-up parlors. “It was a scary feeling,” said Mehrwerth, recalling his rst milking. “I thought it would be no big deal, but then the water line wasn’t working, the TMR wasn’t working and training the cows to use the step-up parlor was hard.” In 3.5 hours, Mehrwerth was able to milk 27 cows. “I couldn’t have done it without help from everyone, and they continue to help me,” Mehrwerth said. “I’m extremely grateful. There’s no way I could ever re-
pay everyone for how they’ve helped me in any way.” Now, the dairyman still receives regular help from his dad, brother, Rob, and Scapanski’s son, Adam. Adam is on the farm frequently, while Mehrwerth’s family makes time during the week after their full-time jobs and on the weekends. Likewise, Mehrwerth has a strong relationship with area farmers who serve as mentors for him. “School and my other jobs taught me about the basics of running a farm, but neither can teach you everything until you go out on your own,” Mehrwerth said. “You think you know it all, but you nd out fast you don’t. So, you nd the right people to work with and people you can trust. You listen to them.” In the past 18 months, Mehrwerth has become accustomed to his new career and is appreciative of the chance to be a part of the dairy industry in this capacity. “I think the advantages of dairy farming outweigh the disadvantages, no matter how bad they can be,” Mehrwerth said. “The troubles I’m facing as a dairy farmer are small compared to what other people may be going through. … It’s all a matter of perspective.” While Mehrwerth is cognizant of the uphill battle he faces in the dairy industry, he is driven to pursue his passion and develop a lifelong career as a dairy farmer.
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ConƟnue from DONATE | Page 1 up with the Mayo Clinic blood bank in Rochester, Minn., to let him know when he is eligible to donate, which is about every eight weeks. “I’ll pop in on a rainy day or make a trip of it,” Miller said. “If I go to Rochester (Minn.), I can run other errands or pick up some stuff I’ll need on the farm.” Other than the travel, donating blood does not interfere with his daily work. “You might feel a little more tired than usual, but I always come home and get right back in the swing of things,” Miller said. “It doesn’t affect me that much.” Miller sports his achievement pins on his blood donor hat, exhibiting a onegallon, three-gallon and ve-gallon pin. “After leaving a wrestling meet one night, I had my blood donor hat on and some unknown person came up to me, wanted to shake my hand and said, ‘I want to thank you for donating blood. If it wasn’t for people like you I wouldn’t be here,’” Miller said. “It was nice to have a compliment from someone who beneted from it.” Miller believes in leading by example and is proud all his kids donate blood now. “They started donating when they were 18, so I think that’s really neat,” Miller said. “My children, Melendy and Markus, donate on a regular basis and a lot of times we will go together to donate. The fact that my kids are thinking that it’s important, that’s pretty cool.” While Miller attends blood drives, a local youth organization hosts them. Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted FFA chapter puts on a school-wide blood drive every year in the fall and spring. In addition to students and teachers donating, a number of community members and FFA alumni donate, as well, a lot of whom are dairy farmers. “We started as a community activity service within our FFA and through it, it also provides students with scholarship opportunities,” said Seena Glessing, Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted FFA advisor. “If you donate three times in high school, the Red Cross gives out red graduation cords. They also provide
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a scholarship to one of our organizers or chairman of our blood drive each year, which is neat.” Glessing likes the idea of getting her students in the habit at a young age. “… If the rst time giving blood is in a safe environment they hopefully will continue to donate blood the rest of their lives,” Glessing said. “You very quickly get over the fear in your mind that you
To donate: Call the American Red Cross to nd the nearest donation center at 1-800-GIVE-LIFE or visit https:// www.redcross.org/give-blood.html. Or, call America’s Blood Centers at 1-800-BLOOD-88 or visit http:// americasblood.org/donate-blood. aspx. have of needles or of the process and realize that it is for the betterment of others and a service to others.” Every two seconds someone in the United States needs blood, according to the American Red Cross. The American Red Cross and America’s Blood Centers have both stated a critical blood shortage, forcing the cancellation of elective surgeries in some cities. Blood shortages are common in the summer, when schools and businesses are less likely to host blood drives, but a crisis in September is unusual, according to both groups. Donations are needed more than ever. The FFA’s blood drive usually yields 70 units each time. According to the American Red Cross, one donation can save up to three lives. “I think if we continue to provide opportunities for our students to serve others, whether it’s a blood drive or another activity, hopefully they will continue to be servant leaders the rest of their lives,” Glessing said. “And make this place where we live a little better.” With the help of dairy farmers, a blood shortage can be alleviated.
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Perdue: Dairy issues need to be addressed
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue discussed great American patriots.” Regarding current trade trade issues during an appearance on C-SPAN. negotiations, Trump said he will support a NAFTA Perdue said Canada has exported milk solids below deal if it is good for the United States and Canada. world market prices, limiting access for the United USDA outlines commodity purchases States dairy industry in those same Ag Insider With USDA’s trade assistance international markets. “As you know, package, the government will purchase dairy was cut out of the original NAFTA up to $1.2 billion of commodities. The agreement,” he said. “Our farmers purchase list has been announced, and it don’t have access to Canadian markets is topped by nearly $560 million in pork the way they have access to us. Class purchases. Another $85 million has 7 pricing has to go.” The dairy issue been targeted for dairy purchases. More is one of the few remaining hurdles than $44 million in potato products for a new North American Free Trade will go for school lunches and nutrition Agreement. assistance programs. Beef purchase will likely approach $15 million. A sum Class 7 pricing could go of $18 million will go towards Navy Canada’s dairy supply management By Don Wick beans and $14.2 million is available for system remains a sticking point for pinto beans. the United States, but one leading Columnist analyst does not expect that to change. “Canada will not get rid of supply management,” MFP payments coming soon The Farm Service Agency is expected to begin said Mike North, president of the Commodity Risk Management Group. “The government would have the approval process for the Market Facilitation to write such a sizable check; there is no way they Program this week. This assistance is based on could buy back the quota that their farmers have 2018 production, so payments are not yet available invested in so heavily.” Two years ago, Canada for most crops. However, dairy producers can sign created Class 7 pricing for protein concentrates, up now and payments should be made by October. skim milk and whole milk powder. North expects Class 7 to change. “On the dairy front or with FAPRI forecasts acreage changes for 2019 According to the latest analysis from the agriculture, more broadly, the trade war started with that,” he said. “It is an issue that should have been University of Missouri Food and Agricultural addressed already. I think there is some opportunity Policy Research Institute, the trade disputes and a large crop are pressuring markets. FAPRI forecasts to see some give on that.” a signicant drop in soybean acreage for 2019, down almost 5 percent from this year. At the Campaign appearance includes trade talk President Donald Trump made a campaign same time, corn and wheat acreage is projected to appearance for Senate candidate Kevin Cramer increase about 2 million acres each next year. Large in Fargo, N.D. Trump briey discussed trade and meat and dairy supplies will also inuence markets. agriculture. “We cannot continue to get ripped The amount of meat available to U.S. consumers is off as we’ve been ripped off before,” he said. expected to set a new record in 2019. That is after “Our farmers are very important to me. You are hitting a 23-year low in 2014.
MDA, Land O’Lakes share NASDA award The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture has announced the Minnesota Department of Agriculture and Land O’Lakes will receive its rst-ever Public-Private Partnership Award. This honor recognizes the collaboration between MDA and Land O’Lakes on the Minnesota Agricultural Water Quality Certication Program. New podcast debuts Midwest Dairy launched a new podcast called Dairy on the Air. Midwest Dairy CEO Lucas Lentsch hosts the podcast, which is available online and podcast apps. Dairy farmers and industry experts are being interviewed about issues and trends impacting the dairy business. NFU honors lawmakers The National Farmers Union has honored 26 lawmakers with its highest legislative award, the Golden Triangle. The honorees include Minnesota Senators Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith. The U.S. House members recognized include Minnesota representatives Collin Peterson, Tim Walz, Rick Nolan and Tom Emmer. Wohlman moves to Land O’Lakes Minnesota Agriculture Department Deputy Commissioner Matt Wohlman has accepted a new job. Effective Sept. 26, Wohlman will join Land O’Lakes as its senior director of state and industry affairs. Wohlman has been with MDA since 2011. Farm Foundation elects board members Four individuals were elected to the Farm Foundation Board of Directors. These leaders are Dan Basse, CEO of AgResource Company; Robert Jones, chancellor of University of Illinois; Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Olympic athlete; and Andy Turn to AG INSIDER | Page 9
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LaVigne, president of American Seed Trade Association. Jerome Lyman, who is a retired McDonald’s executive, and Noble Research Institute CEO Bill Buckner were elected. NCGA names new CEO The National Corn Growers Association named Jon Doggett as its new chief executive ofcer. Doggett has been NCGA’s interim CEO since Aug. 1 and a member of the organization’s public policy efforts since 2002.
Trivia challenge Ker is the term for a fermented milk drink. That answers our last trivia question. For this week, what is the term for the popular Italian whey cheese? We will have the answer in the next edition of Dairy Star. Don Wick is owner/broadcaster for the Red River Farm Network, based in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Wick has been recognized as the National Farm Broadcaster of the Year and served as president of the National Association of Farm Broadcasting. Don and his wife, Kolleen, have two adult sons, Tony and Sam, and ve grandchildren, Aiden, Piper, Adrienne, Aurora and Sterling.
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Randy and Kathy Bauer, and their son, Glen, milk 130 cows near Fairbault, Minn. The family is celebraĆ&#x;ng 100 years of dairy farming.
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FAIRBAULT, Minn. – Farming the land for 100 years is an honor the Bauer family is proud to have obtained, and one they hope to keep alive. “We have a love and passion for dairy farming,â€? Kathy Bauer said. “It is our livelihood.â€? Kathy and her husband, Randy, own and operate their family dairy farm, RKB Dairy, in Rice County near Faribault, Minn. Randy’s ancestors ďƒžrst purchased the farm in 1918. “It’s cool to know what our ancestors started is actively being farmed by descendants of the family,â€? Kathy said. The Bauers milk 130 cows and run 350 acres of soybeans, corn and alfalfa, with the help of their son, Glen. “Everything he does is more than full time here at the dairy,â€? said Kathy about Glen. “Since the day he could walk, Glen has been very interested in dairy farming.â€? Melisa Klingsporn, Kathy and Randy’s daughter, is continuing the family farming tradition, helping milk on her husband Kevin Klingsporn’s family farm and working as a dairy inspector. The Bauers have been managing the farm as a team of three since 2009. However, Randy and Kathy ďƒžrst became owners of the family business in 1987. Randy’s father was the owner of the farm until his death in 1979. Then the Bauers ran the dairy for the following eight years before purchasing it themselves. “I have always been on the farm,â€? Randy said. Soon after the Bauers married in 1982, they began making changes to the farm. Kathy was milking Jerseys prior to their marriage and brought a few of the Jerseys with her. “It was a package deal; Kathy and the Jerseys,â€? Kathy said. “Today the herd is half Jerseys. It helps with butterfat and protein in the milk. The Jerseys are all descendents of the original few I brought to the farm when we married.â€? Over the years, the Bauers have also made updates to the farm site and its facilities, including building a new calf shed and freestall barn, and retroďƒžt a parlor from an older tiestall. Each update was made to create a more labor efďƒžcient farm, keeping the farm mostly family run. Lately, Randy and Kathy have returned focus to the animals to improve the herd genetically, and also create a better calf to market off the farm. “We have also been breeding cows to Angus in signiďƒžcant numbers,â€? Kathy said. “We don’t need as many replacements, so we get rid of them as feeder calves rather than youngstock. In the end, we won’t have money in a good cow or heifer we have to sell.â€? When the Bauers ďƒžrst began using beef genetics in their dairy herd it was a concept not readily accepted in the dairy community.
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Randy Bauer’s ancestors make improvements to a dairy barn on the family’s farm site. “After we started breeding to Angus, there were a number of years before it was popular,â€? Randy said. “We were a part of the ďƒžrst wave of breeding beef before people realized its beneďƒžts.â€? Advancing the dairy herd has been one goal the Bauers have accomplished. Yet, many more remain on the drawing board. “We have more dreams than money,â€? Glen said. “But farming life is good. I like the challenge with breeding and seeing improvements.â€? With Glen on the farm full time, the Bauers are able to divide the responsibilities. As Kathy milks in the morning, Glen completes calf and heifer chores. In the evenings, Kathy and Glen reverse roles, and Kathy is outside feeding calves and heifers as Glen milks. Randy’s main responsibilities are to scrape pens and feed. “There is never a dull moment around here,â€? Randy said. The Bauers also hire two part-time employees. “The one individual we hired has no dairy experience, but loves dairy farming,â€? Kathy said. “He is so excited to come over and learn. You can tell he is on top of the world when he is here. It is so satisfying to give him a chance.â€? Together, the Bauers and their employees maintain the farm, milk and care for the cows, and keep quality forages available. “Glen pushes to get all things done,â€? Kathy said. “He is the driving force for getting good tests on hay and high quality forages.â€? Some day, Glen plans to take over the family farm. Last year, he purchased tillable land. “[Dairy farming] presents challenges, but it’s our way of life,â€? Kathy said. “It is cool Glen wants to continue the family tradition.â€? As Glen soon becomes the ďƒžfth generation to be a part of the Bauers’ dairy farm, Randy and Kathy feel fortunate to have the opportunity for their son to continue a family tradition and be a part of the agriculture industry. “It fascinates me that so many people have made [dairy farming] their livelihood,â€? Kathy said. “It is impressive to think back to what [our farm] was and what it is now. ‌ It is pretty amazing.â€?
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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Every dairy farmer I talk to is rightly concerned about the persistent low prices that force farmers out of business on a daily basis. At the same time, we family farmers face another challenge that we don’t so often talk about. That challenge is the rapid move away from family-sized dairies and into investor-owned dairies so large that each new one can replace dozens of farms like mine. I recently heard Dr. Richard Levins address the Board of the National Farmers Organization on this subject. He talked to us about what U.S. dairy farming would look like if every dairy had 10,000 cows. Here are some of the highlights of what he said: - There would be fewer than 1,000 dairies in the United States. - Cooperatives with large numbers of smaller farms would have enormous membership loss. For example, the 2016 list of Top 50 Dairy Cooperatives showed DFA with 47.3 billion pounds annually of milk produced by 7,938 member farms. With 10,000 cow dairies, 167 of them would produce that much milk, maybe more, and could result in severe environmental issues and social concerns. What happens to the other 7,771 member farms and the local businesses they support? - The smallest 11 cooperatives on the top 50 list in 2016 had total production less than that of a single 10,000-cow dairy. How do you compete as a cooperative of 100 or more farmers in that environment? Dr. Levins said research indicated that the largest dairies have signicant cost advantages for two reasons. One is that they have lower production costs on the farm. The other is that the cost to assemble milk from mega dairies is much lower than that for getting the same amount of milk from hundreds of small dairies. Because of these costs advantages for very large farms, he thought the trend of everlarger herd size would continue regardless of milk price levels unless new policy is put in place to turn things around. Some of you reading this are no doubt thinking his hypothetical example is too extreme. Sure, we have very large dairies, some of them larger than even 10,000 cows. But there will always be smaller dairies like mine, too. I hope you are right. At the same time, I don’t see anything in economic theory or in current dairy policy that will prevent this from happening. Policy that brings better prices to all producers is now more important than ever. But let’s not forget about policy that makes sure family-size farmers are around to take advantage of those better prices. One size ts all pricing policies have not worked as a way to come up with a structure management policy that keeps family dairy farming as an option for generations to come.
The FDA should be raising milk prices. Farming is something that takes a lot of dedication. It takes a lot of money and hard work. If you want to farm, you need to have time and patience. It is not something you can start one day and end the next. My experience with farming has shown me the true love and passion farmers have for their dairy industry. That is why I believe milk prices should be increased. It costs more to produce milk than it does to sell it. The price of corn, hay, molasses and other proteins need to be taken into consideration. Time spent in the eld, grinding corn, chopping hay and mixing the feed are hours of labor contributed by farmers to supply the proper sources of nutrition and comfort for their animals. Time spent with cows, bedding, feeding and caring for them is contributed to providing them proper comfort and care. Milk prices go down, but prices of other goods are on the rise. Clothes and other goods have increased throughout the years. In 2014, milk was $24 per hundredweight, but then dropped to $15 cwt., decreasing milk prices had farmers remembering 2009 with milk prices being $12 cwt. Milk prices are now $13.36 cwt., which is $.89 down from last month, and $3.54 down from last year. Minimum wage is almost higher than milk prices and milk prices continue to decrease. Others are making money, and the people who labor the most hours are earning the least amount of income. Farmers earn an income through the milk produced and then sold. The money helps buy supplies to benet the comfort of their cattle and make farming more efcient. These supplies include buying bedding, seed, fuel for tractors and machinery. Money is also used to keep the milk stored properly and meeting Grade-A standards. If the milk is not stored properly, farmers might have to dump the milk and lose their prot. People do not think milk prices should be increased because they do not want dairy prices to increase in stores. Minimum wage increased, while milk prices decreased. Milk prices are cheaper which should raise sales. If milk prices are not raised soon, farmers will not be able to provide for their families or give their animals proper care. American farmers are already in poverty, while many people are buying overpriced clothing but will not buy dairy products. Milk prices need to increase. Without farmers, many other occupations would be affected. Farmers willingness to put in early mornings and late nights are why many people have food on their table, a roof over their head and clothes on their body.
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Women are playing larger roles in dairy industry By Jennifer Coyne jenn@dairystar.com
A shift in the workforce herdsman’s plate.” Denmark Dairy is a part of a growing trend of more women entering the dairy sector as farm employees, owners and industry professionals. In a report published by the United States Department of Agriculture depicting the characteristics of graduates in agriculture and life sciences and 2015-20 employment opportunities, it consistently demonstrated more women entering the eld. For bachelor, master and doctor of veterinary medicine degrees, women made up the majority of graduates. The only exception was in obtaining a Ph.D. “I think what is most attractive to women about working in the dairy industry is the challenge and
COLFAX, Wis. – When Karl Kragness’ grandparents were managing the family’s dairy, his grandmother made sure every team member ate a hardy meal during the day. Now, as a fourth-generation farmer, Kragness watches the women in his family and employees contribute in a different manner. “Farming is not a tough-guy job like it used to be in the olden days,” Kragness said. “Today, it all starts with proving you can do a job and then everyone is on a level playing eld no matter if they are male or female.” Kragness and his parents, Dennis and Mary, wife, Amanda, and daughter, Olivia, operate Denmark Dairy, LLC in DR. SANDRA GODDEN, UMN PROFESSOR Dunn County near Colfax, Wis. The Kragnesses have two female opportunity to have a real impact on employees who oversee the calf portion the welfare of thousands of animals and of the family’s 1,500-cow dairy. the people who care for them, and the The women are responsible for production of a safe, high quality food day-to-day care of the animals, as well product,” Dr. Erin Royster said. “It’s as overseeing employees who work in an opportunity to use all your mental, the same division and making decisions emotional and physical abilities.” related to calf care. Royster is an assistant professor “Those two are so reliable,” in dairy production medicine with the Kragness said. “They do a good job, College of Veterinary Medicine at the which takes a lot off my plate and my University of Minnesota.
“It is inevitable, over time, that we will see more and more women in these roles.”
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ConĆ&#x;nued from WOMEN | Page 12 it was never discussed that I or my sisters might be interested in working on and eventually taking over the farm. ‌ I would like to think that this attitude is slowly changing.â€? For Elizabeth Golombiecki, returning to her family’s farm was always an option. In 2017, the 21-year-old graduated with a dairy management degree from Ridgewater College in Willmar, Minn., and began working on her family’s 60-cow dairy in Stevens County near Chokio, Minn. “Dad didn’t want me to come back right away, not because I couldn’t do it, but because of the dairy economy,â€? Golombiecki said. “But this is something I wanted to do.â€? As Golombiecki’s father takes a step back from the dairy’s daily operations, she and her older brother, Lester, have taken on larger roles on the farm.
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I’ve chosen, and I don’t take kindly to being told to do something else and letting the men in my family ďƒžnish the job,â€? Golombiecki said. “I can still get the task done, even though it might get done in a different way.â€? Golombiecki is a part of a group of women who are becoming educated in dairy farming and making a place for themselves in the industry. “These women are just as excited to learn and take over the family farm as their male counterparts,â€? said Wade Gustafson, Ridgewater College instructor. In Gustafson’s nine-year career at the college, he has Elizabeth watched his classes vary in size Golombiecki and demographics, although the Dairy farmer desire to learn more about the industry remains the same. “We’re in a time when farming doesn’t require as much physical labor and women are out there proving they can do it,â€? he said. “They ďƒžt right in and do the job equally as well as men. As an industry, we need farmers – both male and female.â€? With women taking on more prominent roles in dairying, Kragness hopes he and others in the industry are setting an example for younger generations. His daughter is often found shadowing the two women employees as they care for the calves and interact with others on the farm. “With more women working in the ďƒželd, just think about the snowball effect it has in the industry, not only on the farm, but in co-ops, as nutritionists ‌â€? Kragness said. “The biggest reward of having these two women work on our farm is that they are showing my daughter the possibilities.â€? Those interactions have already inďƒ&#x;uenced Kragness’ ďƒžrst grader, as she went to school this year telling her teacher she wants to be a dairy farmer when she grows up.
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From Our Side Of The Fence Mechanics: What tips do you have for farmers during harvest?
Nathan Wehling Wehling Farms and Repair, LLC Westby, Wis. Owner, John Deere master technician 24 years
Jeff Bahl Slabtown Tractor Repair Lancaster, Wis. Owner, operator 25 years
Corey Marzolf Marzolf Implement Company Spring Valley, Minn. Owner 30 years
Dave Herzog Greenwald Farm Center, Inc. Greenwald, Minn. Mechanic 29 years
What are common problems you see on equipment brought in during fall? Every year is different. I usually have a list of overhauls to do over winter after the season.
What are common problems you see on equipment brought in during fall? There are no common problems. It varies from the commodities they are used in. It could be as simple as a water pump or air conditioning repair to complete transmission or engine overhaul.
What are common problems you see on equipment brought in during fall? Bearings that fail, chains that are old and stretched out, belts that are weathered and cracked and may not be running true, and augers that are wore on combines and need to be replaced to get the grain moved smoothly. Fuel issues are somewhat common, too, especially in equipment that is only run seasonally and not used on a daily basis. We always keep extra fuel lters on hand to deal with this.
What are common problems you see on equipment brought in during fall? The biggest problem is lack of preventative maintenance. We see a lot of plugged radiators, air lters and low freon in AC units.
What tips do you have for farmers as they embark on fall harvest? Do a good check over. Check gauges, lights and oil leaks. Be sure to follow the Wisconsin Department of Transportation’s new light rules. What is the most unique problem you have encountered while being a mechanic? It seems like the biggest issue this spring was waiting on parts from Germany for over three months. None of the stores stock parts like they used to, which delays my work and adds too much expense for unnecessary shipping expenses. What do you like about being a mechanic? I’m self-employed, which makes it nice for harvesting and working with the cattle. The bad thing is that work is always in front of me. How has your job changed through the years? When I worked at John Deere, lots of new technology and training came with the job. On my own, I work on mostly tractors without all the electronics and focus on keeping farmer’s work-horse tractors in the eld during these hard times. I do it all from overhauls, air conditioning and hydraulics to wiring. Tell us about the business you work at. Wehling Farms and Repair started after 11 years of working for John Deere. We bought a farm and converted half of our old machine shed to a modest shop. We added a country store to sell meat, eggs, cheese and crafts. Danika manages our organic dairy and takes visitors on tours of the farm, and my customers do some grocery shopping, too.
What tips do you have for farmers as they embark on fall harvest? Inspect tractors and equipment ahead of time. Do regular maintenance and small repairs before they become big problems. What is the most unique problem you have encountered while being a mechanic? There are many unique problems, so it is hard to pinpoint just one. There has been some good laughs and some incidents where you grimace. What do you like about being a mechanic? The ability to solve problems. Every day is a different challenge. No two days are the same. You also get to meet many people. How has your job changed through the years? The electronic and hydraulic world has denitely advanced. When diagnosing problems years ago, gauges and meters were the main testing equipment. Now, electronic monitoring with a laptop is the growing part of our equipment business. Tell us about the business you work at. It has been a family-owned business for 20 years. The business started with me wrenching in a small shop on our farm. Since then, we have grown to four mechanics, a parts manager and a full-time secretary. We also built a new shop in 2005. Slabtown Tractor works on different brands of tractors, specializing in John Deere. We carry a full line of parts and have complete service. We also build and work on performance diesel engines and tractors.
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What tips do you have for farmers as they embark on fall harvest? Check over your equipment every day. Grease it and make sure your air lters are clean. Also, blow off excessive chaff and dust on combines, especially in dry conditions. A build-up of this will make res possible. Check over uid levels, make sure the batteries are fully charging and the posts are clean. What is the most unique problem you have encountered while being a mechanic? It brings to mind the time we had a combine that had a raccoon in the machine when the farmer engaged it. It made a real mess to clean up. What do you like about being a mechanic? Being a mechanic is very rewarding and also challenging. It is great to help solve problems and x things. It often times leads to things that when you rst deal with them you become overwhelmed to a certain degree, but it feels great when you can check it off the list and get the machine back to the customer and doing the job it should be. How has your job changed through the years? The major change is the reliance on electronic components in today’s equipment. A lot of diagnostic time and repair is done with a laptop computer and not wrenches. It is part of the way technical repair is done now. It’s great when electrical equipment works, but sometimes you can pull out your hair trying to nd the issue with electronics.
What tips do you have for farmers as they embark on fall harvest? Don’t be afraid to use the grease gun, and check your machinery over before you start in the eld. What is the most unique problem you have encountered while being a mechanic? Going out to get a tractor running to realize they were just out of fuel. What do you like about being a mechanic? The satisfaction of rebuilding an engine or transmission and watching it work at peak performance. How has your job changed through the years? The machinery I work on has become bigger and more automated. Our customer base covers a much larger area. Tell us about the business you work at. We repair farm equipment and sell used IH and Case IH equipment and farm repair parts.
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Troy McDonald Hammell Equipment Chateld, Minn. Service manager 32 years What are common problems you see on equipment brought in during fall? Mechanical failures, bearings, seals and other similar problems. We’ll also see electrical issues. What tips do you have for farmers as they embark on fall harvest? The biggest thing is to be patient and do not get in a mad rush. Most problems happen when there is a hurry. Also, x things before you get into harvest. What is the most unique problem you have encountered while being a mechanic? I once had a hydraulic problem on a new tractor that took a while to gure out. It was a shop rug inside the suction screen from the factory. I put 10 hours on it. What do you like about being a mechanic? The satisfaction of xing something. At the end of the day, I feel like I’ve done something. How has your job changed through the years? The biggest thing is electrical technology. We never used a computer when I started in 1984. Now, I cannot work on hardly anything without it. Tell us about the business you work at. Hammell Equipment was established in 1976. It is a Case IH and AGCO dealership with many off lines of equipment. We have locations in Chateld, Minn., Harmony, Minn., Rushford, Minn., and Eitzen, Minn. It always seems to be busy in the shop and parts departments. We’re even busy in the winter, because of the dairy farms in our area. Nathan Heldt Lano Equipment Norwood-Young America, Minn. Service manager 22 years What are common problems you see on equipment brought in during fall? This season has brought on a lot of bearing failure so far. What tips do you have for farmers as they embark on fall harvest? Take the time and make sure you grease. This will save you more time and money in the long run. What is the most unique problem you have encountered while being a mechanic? This year hay equipment was brought to the shop. But this was not the ordinary haybine with a broken drive shaft for the conditioners. A deer was killed last year by the haybine. The four-point buck antlers were still on. The spine was found in the hay that was in the machine. What do you like about being a mechanic? Getting the equipment out of the shop, xed, running and ready to work. How has your job changed through the years? Every passing year the technology changes faster and faster. Tell us about the business you work at. Lano Equipment began with three brothers who each specialized in something in their store; construction equipment, homeowner equipment and farm machinery. The Lano where I work is family owned by four brothers and we focus on small family farms and keeping up a friendly and caring reputation for both our employees and our customers.
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Crossbreeding, activity monitors propel reproduction rate at Brookside Dairy Ken Herbranson, Brookside Dairy Clitherall, Minn. Otter Tail County 500 cows What was your average pregnancy rate last year? 32 percent. What is your voluntary waiting period for cows? Sixty days. We start Ovsynch at 70 days. What is your rst service conception rate? 46 percent. What is your reproduction program? About two-thirds of our cows are successfully bred off the CowManager ear tag system. Then the remaining third are bred off a double Ovsynch system. We give one shot of GnRH, followed by a Lutalyse shot for two days a week later. Before we had the CowManager system, we bred about 75 percent of the cows on the Ovsynch procedure, so we ipped those statistics around pretty handily. We started the CowManager system three years age. How do you observe for heat? We do it all through the CowManager system so we can see all of that on the computer. How do you conrm pregnant or open cows? We have a weekly vet-check. His advice will indicate how to move forward.
DANNA SABOLIK/DAIRY STAR
The team at Brookside Dairy – (from leŌ) Manuel Gonzalez, breeding assistant; Chris Olson, head herdsman; Ken Herbranson, owner; and Regulo Lopez, assistant herdsman – manage the reproducƟon program at the 500-cow dairy near Clitherall, Minn. The dairy has a 32 percent average pregnancy rate. What is your breeding philosophy? We are a dairy that’s enrolled in a crossbreeding trial at the University of Minnesota. We have crossed half of our herd and seen a positive change; our Hol-
steins are crossed with Montbeliarde and and Viking Red. We handle all of them the same, and we’ve been watching the crossbred group grow while the Holstein herd is diminishing through selection. In
the majority of the crossbred population, we’ve seen better breeding, they breed back faster, there’s a larger percentage of Turn to BROOKSIDE | Page 20
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them that survive past the third calving and the vet costs are 20 percent less. The death loss is also a lower percentage in crossbreds. These animals require less grain with the same production and the milk is comparable on a milk solid basis. How do you select bulls? We breed with the upper end of what’s available in the bull book. With the crossbreeding, you get away from any inbreeding, so that issue is gone. Select Sires has been our primary provider through the years. They were behind the crossbreeding
effort at the University and put a lot of resources behind that. How are cows and heifers bred? Jerry Juven breeds all of our heifers at the heifer farm. He follows our recommendations and does the breeding so we work together. We’re looking for good cows so we’re using good bulls. We have the same breeding philosophy for the cows and the heifers. We’re fortunate to be in a time when the breeding business is quite advanced. We’re not big into genomics, but we don’t really need to be.
What do you do to settle hard breeders? By about the fth breeding or so we will switch to an Angus bull. We use CIDRs. How many times do you try to breed a cow before you sell her? Probably six. It all depends on how bad we want the cow back. When it’s time to sell, the crossbreed animals show their worth. It was a $249 difference in 2015, and now it’s still about a $100 difference on average when you decide to cull those cows.
DANNA SABOLIK/DAIRY STAR
Ken Herbranson checks CowManager from his office where he can see every cow’s ac�vity, rumina�on, fer�lity and pregnancy status.
DANNA SABOLIK/DAIRY STAR
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Is there anything you have done or changed that brought about a signicant improvement in your reproductive program? Implementing the activity monitor CowManager system three years ago really changed our operation. It reduced the number of shots that we give by more than half. Mother Nature works the best, but we seldom know what’s actually going on. Now the system has a constant eye on every animal in the barn. Before we had CowManager we observed the animals. We would end up with a pretty long list of cows needing Ovsynch shots. That cost us a lot of money and time. Now the eye in the barn never shuts off. The system will tell you
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De Groots receive state award for environmental stewardship Naig. “I was really surprised,” said Daryl. “We didn’t realize how big a deal it was. We weren’t sure if we were getting an award or not when we went there.” “We’re very honored and humbled,” said the former Marla Mulder grew up on a dairy farm west of Sioux Center. They received similar recognition last year from the Orange Citybased Sioux County Soil & Water Conservation District, which nominated the couple this year for the state award. Donjan Swiss, which is made up of 445 acres, is home to many terraces. The farm also has many grassed waterways. “The last couple years, we’ve
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Daryl and Marla De Groot own and operate Donjan Swiss Inc., near Hull, Iowa. They were recipients of the 2018 Iowa Farm Environmental Leader Award on Aug. 15 during the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa. By Mark Mahoney N’West Iowa REVIEW
HULL, Iowa —Daryl and Marla De Groot have been honored for being good stewards of the land they farm in Sioux County. The couple, who own and operate Donjan Swiss Inc. about a mile northeast of Hull, received the 2018
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cows. “It acts as a natural weed preventer so we don’t have to use so much herbicide,” Marla said. “We chop it for feed the next spring. Then we plant the beans. It’s a win-win. And it helps keep the water clean because it keeps it ltered.” The De Groots have a lagoon that collects their cattle’s waste material and a settling basin for sand. Their cows use sand for bedding in their free stalls. “The liquid manure part runs off
“Being good stewards – most farmers do that. That’s where our livelihood comes from – the land.” MARLA DE GROOT, DAIRY FARMER
into the lagoon,” Marla said. “Then we can take the skid loader in and pick up the sand and get it out so that it’s not in the lagoon and clogging everything up. We put all that manure back on the ground as fertilizer.” Donjan Swiss’ moniker comes from combining the rst names of Daryl’s parents, Donald and Janet De Groot, who raised purebred Brown Swiss dairy cattle. The farm now primarily has Holstein dairy cows, but Daryl and Marla’s roughly 250-head herd includes 40-50 bovines of the Brown Swiss breed.
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Daryl and Marla De Groot, pictured with granddaughters McKenna and Malia Maassen, are the 2018 Iowa Farm Environmental Leader Award recipients.
Donjan Swiss sells its milk to Associated Milk Producers Inc. in Sanborn. “We just do the milking and raise the heifers,” Daryl said. “We keep all the heifers and we sell the bull calves off at about 2 months. It takes a lot of feed; you get a lot of manure in
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from — the land.” “I don’t think we’re doing anything so special,” Daryl said. “We’re just doing what most farmers do — just trying to do a good job.” Reprinted by permission of The N’West Iowa REVIEW based in Sheldon, Iowa.
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A ray of sunshine The Transition Pen
By Laura & John Rosenhammer Father/Daughter Farming Duo Over the past few months, I have come to truly realize just how bottom of the food chain us dairy farmers really are. We are price-takers rather than price-setters. We settle for whatever price we get for our cull cows, heifers and bull calves. We strive to gain premiums on our milk checks with higher fat and protein and lower somatic cell counts, only to be put diminished by the increasing hauling charges. Besides this, we have had a rain cloud over our land all summer, and its effect on the quality of our forages and crop yields will be seen for months to come. Several times I have heard of producers who have sold their youngstock and started breeding all their cows to beef bulls. This makes sense nancially as they can sell all their calves for a premium, eliminate the cost of growing heifers and purchase heifers for replacements cheaper than they could raise their own. I pondered if we would implement this strategy. On the positive side, we would need a lot less labor and maybe I could even get a second job. Besides this, I could focus my efforts to the milking herd, giving attention to sick cows faster and catching more cows in heat. On the downside, I would be giving up a part of dairy farming that gives my job meaning. I remember when I worked at another dairy and worked strictly with the milking herd. I loved how well I could manage the cows, but I missed out on the joy of delivering a heifer calf, feeding it each day, moving her from pen to pen as she grew and especially seeing her freshen. In each ear tag we write the birthdate, sire and dam of the calf. As I walk through our rst lactation pen, I read their ear tags, remember what their dam looked like and decide if they are an improvement or not. I compare the different sires, making sure to tell Dad which sires are making cows with bad legs or which ones have especially good udders. I notice similar stubborn, friendly or high-strung attitudes between cows that have the same dam or sire. Any Absolute or Redburst daughter is sure to be bossy and our Bradnick daughters are always the last to leave the pen, as they think they must be petted rst. This simple joy of watching calves become cows and knowing my cows, gives my role on our farm purpose. Brown County is blessed with great dairy farmers, and I enjoy being a part of such a hard-working community. It is a joy to be a part of showing dairy at the county fair, working in the ADA malt stand, attending twilight meetings and events with our creamery. I love looking at farms and getting ideas. I am grateful that when I unexpectedly run out of calcium or a different supply, I can text one of the neighbors and get what I need. Likewise, I have a neighbor that texts me for advice on cows and knowing I can offer her help makes me happy. I pray the surrounding farms can make it through this challenging period and continue dairy farming. Without their companionship, dairying would be lonely. There is no doubt the stress of dealing with this
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prolonged downward cycle is taking a toll on our attitudes. I am sure pregnancy hormones are partly to blame for my poor attitude, but I must admit I am not near as excited and optimistic for each day as I once was. When I see a semi pull into the yard with feed or a truck stop to ll up our fuel tanks, all I can think is, ‘There goes our milk check.’ I can tell my dad is not in his usual mood. I see it hurts him to have to change who hauls our slaughter cows and who buys our bull calves because we have to go with whomever can get us a better deal, rather than the good people we have been working with for years. My uncle gets worked up even quicker than usual. It is clear the stress of having such short windows to get our haylage chopped, manure hauled and seeing the below average crops frustrates him. We had a meeting with a milk marketing consultant a few weeks ago, and I had little hope that we could even reach an agreement. I did research on the current markets, read several articles, called a col-
league that works in milk contracting to get advice and made a list of our options; follow the consultant’s advice and do puts/calls, strike a price or go with whatever the creamery price will be. After two hours of discussing our options, we decided to strike a price for September and October, but wait and see what the market does before we went any further into the future. The price we were able to set is right around our breakeven, and I know we all slept better that night because the three of us agreed on our strategy, and we could look forward to those two months. Since that meeting, I have noticed all three of us seem to be calmer. We still have a long way up before we feel comfortable operating each day, but we are one step closer. I will take that single ray of sunshine over the clouds any day. Laura Scholtz farms with her father, John Rosenhammer, and uncle, Greg, on Roseview Dairy near Sleepy Eye, Minn. They milk 200 Holsteins and run 580 acres of cropland.
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What is your vision for your dairy? Where would you like your business to be in ve years? How about 10 years? Does your vision include the next generation returning to the farm? Here is a story of John and Mary. John and Mary have spent their entire lives working to establish and build their dairy into the 90-cow registered Holstein herd it is today. John truly enjoys the day-to-day operation, but the work is getting to be too much. John and Mary are hopeful their son, Nate, and daughter-in-law, Lori, will one day take over the dairy. In fact, Nate already works full time on the farm and enjoys making management decisions. Despite Lori’s dairy background, she has chosen to work off the farm to provide additional income and health insurance for their growing family. Nate hopes to own the farm some day and expand to 150 cows with two robotic milking boxes. John and Mary are apprehensive about the new technology and debt load associated with this idea. This concept of how the dairy should be run is creating issues as John, Mary, Nate and Lori continue to discuss the future of the farm. It is hard to get out of the daily routine of farming. It seems like one thing after another needs to be addressed, but it is important for the future of your business to look forward and plan for the future. Here are ideas we must think through in order to navigate the conversations around farm transition planning. Many of these ideas need some degree of self-reection before transitioning into a full conversation with family and business partners. - Interests and skills: It is common for the elder generation to assume the next generation has the same passions and skills as they do. As in the scenario, John is detail-oriented in the day-today aspects of the farm where Nate enjoys thinking big picture as a manager. Both could be successful in the way they want to run the dairy; however, they would both manage in different ways. Neither way is wrong, just different. Do you have someone in your farm business interested in taking over the farm? If so, it is important to make sure they have the skills and know-how to be successful. In addition, be open to listening to everyone’s ideas. There is a balance between making the next generation feel like they are heard and appreciated, as well as acknowledging the life experience and history of the elder generation. The hope is that the next generation does not compromise what has already been built while having the power to make important decisions for the farm. Even if these decisions become
a learning experience for them. - Expectations: In this scenario, it is clear both John and Nate have different ideas and expectations as to what the dairy should look like. John likely expects Nate to be taking on more of the day-to-day operation. Nate wants John to be open to thinking and planning more long term. Farm families often have conicts over what they expect the other person to do versus what they actually intend to do. Having continual discussions on everyone’s expectations for management responsibilities and ownership can help with transparency. It is important everyone is clear about what they expect from each other in their business. Be sure to write down these expectations to help keep everyone accountable and moving forward. Write these items down as a living document that will change as your business changes. - Vision and goals for the farm: The vision and goals for the farm need to combine everyone’s wishes and desires for the farm on sensible common ground. We must recognize both parties want the farm to succeed. John and Mary as well as Nate and Lori are going to draw on their life experiences and education to shape their thoughts and opinions. Respect and trust is necessary to nd that common ground. Think about the alternatives of the present scenario. What would happen if you decide not to expand the dairy? Would Nate have to leave because the farm is not big enough to support two families? What if you expanded? Would you have enough money to keep the farm going? Note that these decisions cannot happen overnight. They need time for additional discussion and research to see if the idea is nancially feasible and achieves the long term goal of the family farm. As you begin thinking about the future of your dairy, take time to break away from the daily chores for self-reection. What are your personal interests? Do your expectations and vision for the farm match that of the next generation? Have a conversation that addresses the hard questions. Ask for help. There are a number of organizations such as Minnesota Dairy Initiative, University of Minnesota Extension and Farm Business Management that can help you navigate your farm transition planning. Be open to rst discovering and understanding your wishes before having open and honest conversations about the future of your farm with family and business partners. Source: “International Farm Transition Network.” International Farm Transition Network, www.farmtransition.org/. Farm Succession Coordinator’s Manual
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Considerations on precision dairy farming Precision dairy farming involves the use of technologies to measure physiological, behavioral and production indicators on individual animals. Examples include wearable sensors, rumen boluses, subcutaneous implants, inline or online milk sensors, cow-side tests, video analysis and facial recognition. In addition, automated systems for feeding and milking cattle are included. Sensors that can measure variBy Marcia Endres ous parameters in U of M Extension dairy cows have been developed since the 1970s and initially included pedometers, milk conductivity and cow identication. Figure 1 shows that technology has improved since that time. The picture comes from a study conducted at the Reproduction Laboratory in Beltsville, Md., and published in the Journal of Dairy Science. Authors developed this inexpensive, waterproof case to t pedometers (used for humans) on cows. They demonstrated consistent changes in activity when cows were in heat and concluded that activity monitoring could be used to help in heat detection. The application of technology to biological processes has become increasingly more feasible in recent years. For example, wireless data transmission is less expensive and reliable, sensor and sensing (e.g. camera, microphone) technologies needed to develop precision dairy products are small and can withstand the harsh environment of a farm, the cost of devices such as mobile phones has decreased and some mobile phone technologies (e.g. gyroscope, accelerometer) can be used for on farm applications. The use of cloud-based connectivity to integrate and network sensors for data collection and analysis is becoming more commonplace today. An important consideration about sensors is that they should be validated by third-party research in order to establish whether the sensor measures
the behavior it is supposed to measure (e.g. rumination, lying, standing, feeding, activity, steps). Various validation studies have been conducted around the world. Here are two examples: - We evaluated the use of an eartag accelerometer in grazing dairy cows. The visual observations collected by our student Glenda Pereira were highly to weakly correlated (eating: r = 0.88; rumination: r = 0.72; not active: r = 0.65; and active: r = 0.20) to the data collected by the sensors. We concluded that in a grazing system, this particular technology would be a good indicator of eating behavior. - The University of Kentucky found that visually recorded feeding behaviors in cows housed in freestalls were highly correlated with an ear-tag accelerometer (r = 0.88) and a legmounted sensor (r = 0.93); visually recorded rumination behaviors were strongly correlated with one brand of ear-tag accelerometer (r = 0.97), but more weakly correlated with another ear-tag brand (r = 0.69); and visually recorded lying behaviors were strongly correlated with three brands of leg-mounted pedometers or accelerometers (r >0.99). In addition, research needs to be conducted to investigate whether the sensor’s data can accurately detect the animal condition it is supposed to detect. For example, heat or metabolic disease. Studies have shown promise on using rumination, activity, feeding or standing behavior for early detection of transition cow disorders, such as ketosis, metritis or retained placenta. In one of our studies conducted with 296 cows tted with rumination sensors (neck collars) and housed in a conventional freestall barn, we found cows diagnosed with metritis had reduced daily rumination time right after calving than cows not diagnosed with metritis. In addition, retained placenta tended to and was associated with reduced activity prior to and after calving, respectively, and cows diagnosed with metritis and subclinical ketosis had reduced activity after calving. On the farm, the data collected by the sensors should result in action taking place with that animal to improve performance and health of the herd in
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Figure 1. Pedometer in plasƟc case on lower rear leg of a cow. an economically sustainable manner. In addition, the integration of technologies and interpretation of data are critical to make improvements possible. More work is needed to improve integration of data. Another area within precision dairy farming is automation for milking and feeding cattle. Robotic milking systems are becoming more common worldwide with a rapid growth taking place throughout the United States. More farms are installing computerized automated feeders that can feed whole milk, milk replacer or combinations of the two to individual calves in a controlled manner according to a predened feeding plan. This automation technology also provides individual animal data that can be used to more precisely manage the herd. Robotic milking technology con-
tinues to improve and more options will likely be available in the future. It is expected that labor availability in many parts of the world will continue to drive the adoption of automatic milking. Feeding cows in single-box robotic milking systems requires adjustments on ration formulation to address the need to entice cows to the milking box. Various factors related to cow health, barn design and herd management may affect attendance to the milking box and inuence milk production. Automated milk feeders for raising calves in groups are growing in popularity. This trend will probably continue as producers want more labor exibility and consumers want animals to have a more natural life. Feeding calves in groups allows calves to express natural behaviors that cannot be expressed when housed individually, but offers some challenges in relation to maintaining good health. One of our studies showed that good health and low mortality rate are achievable as long as appropriate management and maintenance of the feeding equipment and cleanliness of the calf environment are emphasized and implemented along with daily visual observation of the calves by the caretaker. We invite you to attend the International Precision Dairy Conference in Rochester, Minn., June 18-20, 2019. Precision dairy topics will be presented along with a trade show. Brian Houin, dairy producer from Indiana milking with 36 box robots, will be on the program along with international keynote speakers.
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Living with wind A dozen miles east of our farm there is a geological formation known as Buffalo Ridge. Stretching from southern North Dakota to northern Iowa, these rolling hills are a continental divide. The relative elevation of Buffalo Ridge creates the boundary between the Mississippi River basin to the east and the area drained by the Missouri to the west. The land on Buffalo Ridge has mostly been used for agriculture – that is, until recently. Buffalo Ridge is being slowly yet inexorably invaded by an army of giants, metallic monsters who stand more than 50 yards tall. The one-legged leviathans take up residence and just stand there, silent and patient. They are so huge that even the slightest breeze will cause their colossal arms to move. These giants are actually humongous wind turbines. In the ultimate fulllment of a hippie’s dream, power companies are erecting numerous such tur-
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Maximize cattle health with internal parasite control Dairy cattle behavior and appearance often make The rst step in designing a deworming program it easy to detect external parasites like ies, mange for lactating dairy cows is to determine the parasite and lice. Severe internal parasite inltrations can contamination potential. Dairy cattle on rotationally result in roughness of hair coat, anemia, edema and grazed pasture during lactation present the highest diarrhea. However, the subclinical impact of internal risk for internal parasitism. Alternatively, lactating parasites is largely hidden, yet costly. According to cows on low-density dry lots or in connement have a recent study at Iowa State University, Something to Ruminate On an extremely low potential for internal undetected subclinical disease caused parasite infestation. Many herds house by internal parasites can cost $190 per their dry cows on dirt lots or pasture animal. where parasite exposure is the highest. The greatest impact internal paraEven though the lactating cows are in sites have is generally reduced feed inconnement, they could carry worm take. This means animals receive less loads from the dry period. essential nutrients, including protein, Since dairy cows are most likely to energy, minerals and vitamins. The show a positive response during early damage done by internal parasites to lactation, the rst choice for a dethe gastrointestinal tract can also reduce worming program is to treat soon after absorption of these nutrients critical to they freshen. If pre-fresh dry cows are cattle health and well being. housed in connement, this may be a By Barry Visser Strategic deworming in growing logical time to treat as well. By removNutritionist heifers improves weight gain and overing all the internal parasites during the all performance. Calves under 1 year of pre-fresh period, the cow will be better age are more susceptible than older cattle. Older cattle able to handle stress associated with transition and have been frequently exposed to the parasites and de- early lactation. Transition group deworming also provelop a degree of resistance. vides a safety net for heifers entering the herd and The lifecycle of internal parasites in young heif- ensures that parasites will not affect milk production, ers is three to four weeks. The general recommenda- growth or reproduction. tion is to deworm at least once during the summer and A variety of products are available for control of in late fall. Assuming this fall treatment occurs after a internal parasites. Pour-on and feed-grade additives hard frost, heifers do not need to be treated at spring are the most commonly used deworming products for turnout. Late-fall deworming kills the internal para- dairy cattle. Note that certain products are approved sites and heifers should not be at risk for re-exposure for dairy heifers, but not for adult cattle. Work with in the barn during the winter. your veterinarian and herd health advisors to deterIn the lactating dairy cow, the presence of internal mine which products t the needs of your dairy. Imparasites results in reduced milk production. Changes plementing an effective parasite control program will in how cows are housed and managed has generally allow your herd to maintain optimal health status and reduced the need to deworm lactating cattle at the maximize performance. same intensity as heifers on pasture. Barry Visser is a nutritionist for Vita Plus.
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Signs of change As Bob Dylan sang, these times, they are a changing. You can see the subtle changes of color throughout the tree lines as patches of red, yellow and rust start to mix with the green. The ery tinge of sumac lls the undergrowth. The alfalfa elds look like a velvet carpet of green as the leaves capture every ray of sunshine to store in their roots for a long winter season. The Canada geese follow the chopper trail of fallen kernels among the solitary stalks as they grab a quick snack on their long trip. As the geese y southward, orange Minnesota Department of Transportation trucks, complete with snow blades and ashing lights, migrate north; both traveling in anticipation of winter weather to come. The only thing out of place in these changing times is the weather. Where were all the sun, wind and warm temperatures when we were trying to put up third- and fourthcrop hay? The record high temps and southerly breezes are sucking any moisture left in the corn stalks. We are having to search elds for the nal loads to help pack down the silos. One good thing to look forward to with the drying weather is at least we will not have to splurge on propane
to dry down the corn. Lowering that expense will help to soften the blow of lower grain prices. The biggest changes this summer have been in the operation of our farm. Our youngest son, Austin, graduated with his college degree in May. We are putting this education to the test of reality. He is helping us to make changes to help with the continuing operation of our farm with an aging work force and very little outside help. His suggestions and decisions will have an actual impact on our bottom line and not just his grade point average. He has taken this challenge seriously and I might add patiently. Our heifer shed was his rst project to tackle. When it was built in 1981, it was a unique idea to raise youngstock outside in the Minnesota winters. It was a good change at the time, but times have changed. Ventilation was not a big issue back then. Today, it is a known factor in animal care. The windows/doors in the back of the shed blocked out the winter winds but also stopped the summer breezes. Austin measured, planned and then started to tear off the back wall to open up the shed to a fully-ventilated barn. A curtain will go up later this fall to keep the winter winds
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and snow at bay. The youngstock seem to be enjoying their new environment. The next big change was to our feeding system. Everyone agreed we needed to upgrade to a portable TMR mixer. Our current stationary mixer could handle ev- Just Thinking Out Loud erything, except the dry hay. It was a challenge to nd the right amount of feed to have in front of the cows during the day and still leave them hungry enough at night to eat all of their hay. We have made it work well enough over the years but it was time for a change to utilize our resources. Austin demolished our feed room wall to start rebuilding our By Natalie Schmitt feeding system. It seems to Columnist be working well. The cattle are getting a complete TMR. We do not seem to have as much refuse feed to clean up in the morning. We are still adjusting to the changes, and Austin is experimenting with how to make the whole process run efciently. The change has eliminated a couple of tedious jobs which is already a win in my book. The real test of this new system will come in the dead of winter when animal, people and machines struggle to move. As Austin worked out our feeding system, his calculations brought to light that we were putting up too much feed. We feed out of bags and silos. Trying to move enough feed every day to maintain freshness proves to be difcult during the hot summer months. Austin gured out we needed to make some changes in how we managed our silos. This meant we did not need to ll every silo to the top a couple of different times. We could use feed from one bag or silo and move the feed to the other animals around the farm. Well, this is the point where the tires met the pavement as the new ideas threatened the validity of how things have been done. Sometimes we fall into a routine which gets a job done. We often do not look for other ways to complete the task because this one works. Over time, it becomes carved in stone as the only way to do a job. When questioned why, just because becomes an unacceptable answer. Well, then things can get complicated. Our rst year of farming was the drought of 1988. Enough feed was hard to nd and good feed was impossible. From that point on, we would ll and rell every silo. Hay and straw bales were packed into every shed and corner. We wanted to be prepared for another bad year when it came our way. This philosophy has served us well. We have never run out of feed. We have always had enough on hand to help us through tough times. So when Austin suggests we do not need to put up so much feed, it stops us dead in our tracks. Experience and education collide like two run away trains on the same track. We tell our story of the early years. Austin reminds us that central irrigation pivots we have installed have eliminated the threat of feed shortages due to drought. With a new system of feeding, we only need to partially ll some silos to meet the needs. Questions y. Well, how much is enough? How many doors? How many loads? How many tons? Mediating through these volleys of questions and uncertain answers, a solution is resolved. We will not pack every nook and cranny with feed, but will put up more than the anticipated need as we venture forward in these times of changes. We will have to wait until next harvest season to know if Austin’s calculations were correct and the education passed the reality test. Natalie, Mark and his brother, Al, Schmitt farm together near Rice, Minn. They milk 100 registered Holsteins under the RALMA prex. Their four children are great help around the farm and are pushing Natalie out of several jobs. Therefore she is thankful to have something else to do. For questions or comments please e-mail Natalie at mnschmitt@jetup.net.
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Every once in a while a company makes a major change in the way they do business. Sometimes the drive to change comes from internal forces, sometimes it comes from external forces. We have changed the way we run our dairy business at least a couple times in the 13 years we have been farming. I do not like to think of our household as a company, but there are several parallels. We run our household on a budget, we expect everyone to do their jobs, and when we are not satised with how things are going, we change the way we Dairy Good Life operate. For all of my adult life (and my pre-adult life), cold cereal was a staple. But it was not just for breakfast. Oftentimes a bowl of cereal with milk was an afternoon snack and sometimes, on really rough days, it was supper, too. This summer, I noticed that a bowl of cereal had become the go-to, eat-anytime meal for our kids. If I was late getting in to make lunch or supper, I often found they had already helped themselves to cereal. And while I am glad our kids are capable of taking care of themselves, I did not like them choosing cereal anytime of the day. So I talked with them about the importance By Sadie Frericks of waiting for meal times. And on the days they were in charge of making lunch for themselves, I encouraged them Columnist to make sandwiches and cut up an apple – anything other than cereal. But, the cold cereal kept disappearing almost as fast as I bought it. We were sitting around the table eating lunch one day when Dan asked, “Is there anything we can do in the house to help save money?” Dan has been reading the headlines on the dairy newspapers and magazines that come in the mail. He has been asking questions, so we have had several age-appropriate conversations about the current nancial situation most dairy farmers – us included – are facing. I used Dan’s question as an opportunity to present my ponderings on cold cereal. I told the kids we could save money – and eat a more balanced diet – by discontinuing cold cereal. We talked about all of the other breakfast options we have, including hot cereal. The kids were all for the idea. I have not bought a bag of cold cereal since. I now put a batch of oatmeal in the slow cooker before I go to bed at night, so there is hot oatmeal ready right away in the morning. It took a little trial and error to perfect overnight oatmeal, but I have got it gured out now. I found that a $5 outlet timer (the kind people use for Christmas lights) let me turn my basic slow cooker into a programmable slow cooker. On the mornings the kids do not want oatmeal, they have yogurt smoothies or toaster pancakes or bagels. If I end up with a lot of leftover oatmeal, I either refrigerate it for the next day or turn it into leftover oatmeal quick bread. This quick bread is so yummy that I actually look forward to leftover oatmeal. I walked by the cold cereal aisle at the grocery store yesterday. For half a second I thought, maybe I should grab a bag for a treat. Then I thought, nah, we are doing just ne without it. Actually, we are doing great without it. When teams (or families) communicate openly about change and make sure everyone is on board, change can be for the better. Sadie and her husband, Glen, milk 100 cows near Melrose, Minn. They have three children – Dan, 11, Monika, 8, and Daphne, 5. Sadie also writes a blog at www.dairygoodlife. com. She can be reached at sadiefrericks@gmail.com. Overnight oatmeal 2 cups milk 2 cups water 1 cup steel cut oats* 1/4 tsp. salt Combine all ingredients in a slow cooker. Set slow cooker to cook for ve hours at low setting. Allow oatmeal to set for one hour. For example, if I want the oatmeal ready at 6 a.m., I set my timer to cook the oatmeal from midnight to 5 a.m. Stir and serve with your favorite oatmeal accompaniments. *Steel cut oats make the best overnight oatmeal, but old-fashioned rolled oats and oat bran will work well, too. The preparation is different, though. Email me if you want more information.
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Inuencing consumers goal of dairy committee
Pepin County provides chocolate milk to high school athletes By Danielle Nauman danielle.n@dairystar.com
DURAND, Wis. – Inuencing future consumers, promoting milk consumption and building community relationships. These were the Pepin County Dairy Promotion Committees goals when they embarked on their project to supply milk to sports teams in high schools. For a geographically small county, the dairy industry in Pepin County, Wis., is alive and kicking. Nearly 20 dairy farmers and allied industry members work as a committee to plan and promote the milk produced by over 30 dairy farms in the county. When charged with bringing new ideas to a committee meeting last year, committee member Noah Weiss, a Durand, Wis., dairy farmer, used his own experiences to come up with the idea of providing chocolate milk to high school athletes.
“When I was in football, everyone pushed Gatorade and Powerade after practice,” Weiss said. “Chocolate milk is now viewed as the best recovery beverage for refueling and rebuilding following a workout. I thought that providing chocolate milk instead was a good idea.” The idea grew to encompass all high school sports, and the wheels were set into motion to begin providing a week’s worth of chocolate milk to all the high school sports teams. Mondovi, Wis., dairy farmer Randy Koller donates his time and efforts to the Pepin County Dairy Promotion Committee and also holds a seat on the National Dairy Promotion and Research Board. Koller has played an instrumental role in making the milk available to the high schoolers and said the students are appreciative and excited to receive the milk. Koller explained the importance of educating the students of the benets
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of chocolate milk, citing over 20 studies lauding chocolate milk. Pepin County is home to two high schools, and the connections and relationships between dairy promotion committee members and coaching staff at Durand High School made that a logical place to start. “We contacted the school and the coaches and
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schedules allow to deliver the milk to the students. Milk is delivered each day for the rst week of practices. Durand High School also has a vending machine for milk which the dairy promotion committee helped purchase several years ago. Durand’s coaching staff have been happy to join the dairy promotion committee in encouraging students to take advantage of the vast nutritional benets of consuming milk, reporting they see students choosing to consume milk on their own once the week worth of donated milk has passed. “At our team dinners, kids will bring in quart and half-gallon jugs of chocolate milk that they’ve picked up at the convenience store,” said Rod Rosemeyer, Durand High School head football coach. “They seem to like it and appreciate the benets.”
“At our team dinners, kids will bring in quart and half-gallon jugs of chocolate milk that they’ve picked up at the convenience store.” ROD ROSEMEYER, DURAND HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL COACH
Durand High School crosscountry head coach Ingrid Husmoen agreed. “Nutritionally, as a recovery aid, milk is better than sports drinks,” Husmoen said. “Sports drinks and water play roles in rehydration, but for muscle repair and recovery, chocolate milk is better.” Husmoen said the crosscountry team takes coolers of milk and sports drinks along to their races and milk is consumed rst by her runners. Koller sees the long-range benets of encouraging milk
consumption among students. “Student athletes are role models for younger kids,” Koller said. “We might be getting the high schoolers to drink the milk, but the elementary schoolers see them drinking it and want to be like them.” The next step in the project is working out the logistics of providing the chocolate milk to athletes at Pepin High School. “Pepin is a little harder logistically, because they have sports co-ops with another school district and alternate where they practice,” Koller said. The committee’s efforts in establishing this program netted them promotional funding from Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin that they are able to utilize in their work promoting dairy products in their county. Providing chocolate milk to athletes is not the only way the Pepin County Dairy Promotion Committee is working to put dairy products in the public eye. They also provide cheese curds for school’s concession stands during events. They have a Dairy Wagon, which they use to hand out dairy treats during parades and is made available to groups for fundraisers, providing they offer dairy products. The committee has also planned their county’s annual free dairy breakfast for the past 30 years. One of the new promotional projects is working with a local cheese plant and store to use the Dairy Wagon staffed by area farmers to hand out samples at the store, allowing the producers to contact the consuming public. Both Weiss and Koller expressed appreciation for the communities and businesses in Pepin County; without the support, the committee would be unable to do the work they are, promoting the dairy industry. “We have a great product,” Weiss said. “We need to make sure we focus on our youngest consumers, making them life-long dairy consumers.”
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What have you enjoyed most about dairy farming or your tie to the dairy industry? The animals, of course. From the many cats and their kittens, a few dogs, free-range chickens, to the kids’ rabbits, goats and pigs for 4-H projects. What a place to have all of the animals. How do you stay connected with others in the industry? Reading paper, print and farm magazines and social media, too. Who is someone in the industry who has inspired you? Dave, because he handles the nancial aspect of the farm. He knows how to manage the incoming revenue along with the outgoing expenses in a way that has made the farm sustainable. What is the best vacation you’ve ever taken? We are very fortunate to take a week off during the summer with my husband’s siblings and their spouses and children. Also, when the kids where in high school sports and college football, we would make the effort of nding a hired hand for an evening. Also, the kids would take over for a weekend to give us occasional time off.
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Dave and Becky Koller Owen, Wis. Clark County 52 cows How did you get into farming? I (Becky) grew up on a farm. I loved it then, and I love it now. What are your thoughts and concerns about the dairy industry for the next year? The tariffs really need to be lifted. What is the latest technology you implemented on your farm and the purpose for it? We got a bale wrapper and are now able to make our hay into balege. It works great for us. What is a management practice you changed in the past year that has beneted you? Switching to wrapped balege has been very benecial to us. What cost-saving steps have you implemented during the low milk price? We continue to tighten our belts as much as possible. We do as much of the labor as we can without hiring out for help. How do you retain a good working relationship with your employees? It’s just Dave and I doing the work, with no additional employees. Our girls are grown and moved on, but if we need help, they will come home to help when we ask. We’re all family and all get along great. Tell us about a skill you possess that makes dairy farming easier for you. We’re able to do a lot of the vet work ourselves. What do you enjoy most about dairy farming? We enjoy being with the animals and working the land. Being our own boss is a big advantage. What advice would you give other dairy farmers? We’d tell other dairy farmers to try and stay positive. Hopefully things will get better in the future. What has been the best purchase you’ve ever made on your farm? Besides the bale wrapper, we bought a used gravity box with a fertilizer auger. No one likes to carry bags of fertilizer.
What has been your biggest accomplishment while dairy farming? Handling all of the farm chores while Dave was laid up for three months following rotator cuff surgery. What are your plans for your dairy in the next year and ve years? We plan to continue farming. We’d like to possibly be able to build a new shop. How do you or your family like to spend time when you are not doing chores? When we can get away, we like to go to area events, such as the Edgar Steam Show, the Warrens Cranberry Festival, and of course Farm Tech Days, if it’s close enough to get to between chores.
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